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but to be clear, this kind of stuff goes on every election. what may be different now is social media shining a light on it, regular people sort of seeing the underbelly of campaigning and they don't like it. that's perhaps why we're hearing more about it. >> what is your twitter feed? @joejohnscnn? >> yes. >> if you want good reading, go to that and see what you come up with. it's fun. are these examples of a wider effort to keep turnout down among certain ethnic or income groups? the right will say no, the left will say yes. >> reporter: you got it. and you have to do these things case by case. nobody's ever going to tell you what the real deal is. but it could be a question of intimidation in some cases. look at the signs in ohio and wisconsin, all they really did was state the law. voter fraud is a felony but the question is whether that kind of language was intimidating to people who saw the billboards and what the signs didn't say was that voter fraud is a problem in far less than 1% of the -- >> is voter fraud a big problem in this coun
but to be clear, this kind of stuff goes on every election. what may be different now is social media shining a light on it, regular people sort of seeing the underbelly of campaigning and they don't like it. that's perhaps why we're hearing more about it. >> what is your twitter feed? @joejohnscnn? >> yes. >> if you want good reading, go to that and see what you come up with. it's fun. are these examples of a wider effort to keep turnout down among certain ethnic or income...
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social media played a huge role in the 2008 election. this year, there's another breakthrough in technology. our tech reporter laurie siegel is here to tell us all about it. good to see you, laurie. >> good to see you. >> technology this go around effecting the election cycle how? >> look, you had back in 2008, you had twitter, you had facebook. you know, that's nothing new. you also had youtube, but what is really new is people really trying to take advantage of those facebook likes, the mentions, and it sounds simple to say, but the technology, it's data, utilizing all this data and being able to target voters. we went and spoke with someone who is a technallgist on the 2008 campaign with obama. we asked what was going to be the break through technology. listen to what he had to say, fredricka. >> dwoun 12, there's a huge opportunity to take things like facebook data or offline donation data or donation data or actions on the website, putting that all together into one cohesive system and then running experiments and optim e optimizing
social media played a huge role in the 2008 election. this year, there's another breakthrough in technology. our tech reporter laurie siegel is here to tell us all about it. good to see you, laurie. >> good to see you. >> technology this go around effecting the election cycle how? >> look, you had back in 2008, you had twitter, you had facebook. you know, that's nothing new. you also had youtube, but what is really new is people really trying to take advantage of those...
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my meineke. >>> all right, we are just nine days away from election day and what president obama and mitt romney are leaving nothing to chance, they and their financial running mates have been crisscrossing across the country with hurricane sandy now pending. a.b. stoddard, joining us from washington. the president returning to his job as the country's leader, trying to address with all that may come with hurricane sandy, mitt romney, he's changing his campaigning plans from virginia and now to new hampshire and focusing on ohio. give me an idea, you think this is kind of become the october surprise, this weather system is changing the course of the election for both candidates? >> and it comes at a time when there's no clear front-runner in the race. there's a lot of polls that show that president bhaum has the structural advantage in the swing states, they need to be in virginia, they need to be in ohio, the storm will affect certain states where they really need to be there in person and there's no more critical time to be there and hold rallies and be there in person. >> if they
my meineke. >>> all right, we are just nine days away from election day and what president obama and mitt romney are leaving nothing to chance, they and their financial running mates have been crisscrossing across the country with hurricane sandy now pending. a.b. stoddard, joining us from washington. the president returning to his job as the country's leader, trying to address with all that may come with hurricane sandy, mitt romney, he's changing his campaigning plans from virginia...
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>> when will you get back to the election, sir? >> i am want worried at this point about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families, and i'm worried about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy, and on transportation. the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are going to get food, the water, the shelter that they need in case of emergency, and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track. all right? >> what kind of impact? >> president obama saying that he is putting off his concerns about the election that he wants to make sure that people are safe. he is offering his thoughts and prayers. the president also saying that he is mobilized all of the assets of the white house. he has met with departments of energy, transportation, homeland security as well as health and human services. he s
>> when will you get back to the election, sir? >> i am want worried at this point about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families, and i'm worried about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy, and on transportation. the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are...
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>> this election couldn't be more important for women on so many different issues. i mean, making sure women have equal pay is key to eliminating that gap in the economy. now because of health care reform, women have access to preventive care. things like breast cancer screenings and contraception. that's really critical. making sure that their kids can stay on their health care until they're 26 years old, which is a relief to many mothers out there who have kids coming out of college or entering, you know, the work force or the work world and having some kind of health care stability. i'm thinking about malia and sasha. i'm thinking about our daughters and granddaughters. i for one am spending a lot of time out there talking to women to make sure they understand all that's on the line. >> reporter: with so much on the line, the president has taken heat for failing to spend more time building relationships with leaders in washington. in a recent interview he told me why outreach isn't his top priority. >> we make turn down the invitation to this or that or the other
>> this election couldn't be more important for women on so many different issues. i mean, making sure women have equal pay is key to eliminating that gap in the economy. now because of health care reform, women have access to preventive care. things like breast cancer screenings and contraception. that's really critical. making sure that their kids can stay on their health care until they're 26 years old, which is a relief to many mothers out there who have kids coming out of college or...
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sure that election day, election day happens. there have been contingency plans put into place. i have been on the phone with the board of elections and our folks up in albany about tuesday. >> so polling stations on staten island? >> yes, on staten island and also in the city of new york. there were sections of the city that are affected. and they're coming up with a plan. if there are areas that we can use, we're figuring out where we can put polling sites. but that has been worked on even before the storm hit because our board of elections wanted to be prepared. >> all right. michael kusich, you have your handsful there. thank you for joining us. staten island assemblyman. all the best. >> thank you. >>> superstorm sandy rocked the east coast leaving billions of dollars in damage. now it's time for the insurance paperwork. the insurance experts tells us what is covered exactly. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. eve
sure that election day, election day happens. there have been contingency plans put into place. i have been on the phone with the board of elections and our folks up in albany about tuesday. >> so polling stations on staten island? >> yes, on staten island and also in the city of new york. there were sections of the city that are affected. and they're coming up with a plan. if there are areas that we can use, we're figuring out where we can put polling sites. but that has been...
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. >>> this is your prais for breaking coverage of hurricane sandy and the election. we will be carrying this at least until 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight, possibly longer if it warrants, because this storm is forecast to be a monster when it makes landfall. don't go anywhere. a lot of people said they are holed up in hotel rooms and stuck at airports watching us. we'll carry you through this until it is over. so let's -- this is a live picture now from kill devil hills, north carolina, courtesy our affiliate. look at the surf. >>> we are keeping a close watch on hurricane sandy for you, but we want to take a minute to update the race for the white house right now. we have a new cnn national poll of polls, the average of three new daily tracking polls that shows mitt romney with a very slim lead over president obama. 48% to 46%. hurricane sandy playing havoc with the travel plans for both president obama and mitt romney. both those campaigns. the president is leaving d.c. tonight before the weather worsens. and instead of tomorrow as first planned to get down to florida.
. >>> this is your prais for breaking coverage of hurricane sandy and the election. we will be carrying this at least until 11:00 p.m. eastern tonight, possibly longer if it warrants, because this storm is forecast to be a monster when it makes landfall. don't go anywhere. a lot of people said they are holed up in hotel rooms and stuck at airports watching us. we'll carry you through this until it is over. so let's -- this is a live picture now from kill devil hills, north carolina,...
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that had kicked in in virginia and maryland today, well in maryland, no early voting for the general election taking place tomorrow. and then washington, d.c., public schools are closed tomorrow, sandbags are being distributed to residents and then pennsylvania, it too is looking at this storm and putting precautionary measures in place. disaster area, emergency disaster declaration has been put in place for pennsylvania and massachusetts. a state of emergency has been declared and we heard from governor duvall patrick that am track service in the northeast will be suspended in the northeast starting at 7:00 p.m. this evening. so lots of precautions being put in place all listening the mid-atlantic, as well as the northeast. so planes, trains, busses all grounded for a good amount of time. josh levs is in the hurricane center to bring us up to today. >> it keeps on growing, let me set the scene for you, i'm at the cnn hurricane desk and what you're seeing around me, you're seeing people that are from every state, every area that could be impacted as this storm approaches land. before we go in
that had kicked in in virginia and maryland today, well in maryland, no early voting for the general election taking place tomorrow. and then washington, d.c., public schools are closed tomorrow, sandbags are being distributed to residents and then pennsylvania, it too is looking at this storm and putting precautionary measures in place. disaster area, emergency disaster declaration has been put in place for pennsylvania and massachusetts. a state of emergency has been declared and we heard...
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election day. mitt romney and the president are campaigning at opposite ends of the east coast right now. romney is hitting several cities in florida, including pensacola this hour. and later today, in kissimmee. and the land o lakes area. president obama will be in nashua, new hampshire, this afternoon. singer james taylor will be making an appearance on behalf of the president in new hampshire. both campaigns had to scrub some of their events scheduled because of hurricane sandy. paul steinhauser is live in pensacola, florida, where mitt romney is holding a rally later on this hour. just how much of an impact has this hurricane had on the travel plans of the president and candidate romney? >> it's definitely having an impact, fred, no doubt about it. today's reallies in florida are on for mitt romney but he's canceled one tomorrow in virginia beach, virginia. the same thing, jn, the vice president had a rally today planned for virginia beach that's been called. into the weekend and next week you
election day. mitt romney and the president are campaigning at opposite ends of the east coast right now. romney is hitting several cities in florida, including pensacola this hour. and later today, in kissimmee. and the land o lakes area. president obama will be in nashua, new hampshire, this afternoon. singer james taylor will be making an appearance on behalf of the president in new hampshire. both campaigns had to scrub some of their events scheduled because of hurricane sandy. paul...
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. >>> right about now, a week and a day before we elect a president, our current president was supposed to be in florida wrapping up a campaign rally in orlando. that rally did go on but not with him. with former president bill clinton as the starring attraction instead. but president obama had to cancel this and the reason is on the bottom of your screen. it's hurricane sandy. cnn's dan lothian is at the white house. we just heard the president making a plan for this big public announcement at 12:45. anything other than updating where we stand and what people need to do, depending on where they live? >> reporter: we're still trying to get more details on that. but we expect it will simply be an update at 12:45 on what the president has lrnd coearned comt of this meeting going on right now. the president getting briefed from some of the senior members of his team including janet napolitano and craig fugate and john brennan. the follows some of the briefings the president has been getting over the weekend. he also went over to fema headquarters where he had a chance to get a firsthand gl
. >>> right about now, a week and a day before we elect a president, our current president was supposed to be in florida wrapping up a campaign rally in orlando. that rally did go on but not with him. with former president bill clinton as the starring attraction instead. but president obama had to cancel this and the reason is on the bottom of your screen. it's hurricane sandy. cnn's dan lothian is at the white house. we just heard the president making a plan for this big public...
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an election that was already uncertain and unpredictable is now only worse. just in the last hour, don, we can tell you the president has gob gone ahead and canceled an event he had scheduled in youngstown, ohio, for tomorrow. president clinton and vice president biden will still be there. the president is not going to be there. he has an event tomorrow morning in florida but he's not going to ohio. he's going back to the white house. as for mitt romney, we're watching his campaign very closely. he has a campaign event here in ohio tomorrow morning after this event with paul ryan in a few minutes. and then he goes to wisconsin and iowa, two states that should be protected from hurricane sandy for the time being. but, don, i have to tell you, a lot of this is very interesting to watch because we're all sort of wondering how is this hurricane going to affect the race? which candidate will it affect more? will it affect the president because it will be taking him off the campaign trail. he won't be able to campaign quite as much. or will it make him perhaps appe
an election that was already uncertain and unpredictable is now only worse. just in the last hour, don, we can tell you the president has gob gone ahead and canceled an event he had scheduled in youngstown, ohio, for tomorrow. president clinton and vice president biden will still be there. the president is not going to be there. he has an event tomorrow morning in florida but he's not going to ohio. he's going back to the white house. as for mitt romney, we're watching his campaign very...
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keep in mind, eight days from the presidential election, one-fifth, one-fifth of the united states is bracing for this gargantuan storm hitting here, all up and down. it will be hitting all up and down the east coast. take a look here as we have pictures all up and down the east coast. we'll be looking with you. first of all, obviously, you're looking at this. this is from space. this is sandy there swirling. these are images thanks to nasa. a little earlier in the day where you can see it is this gigantic storm, been as basically the swath between memphis and los angeles if you were going to try to map that. want to move on, though, and tell you as we have these live pictures here, atlantic city, these are tape pictures, but you can see, look at the water here. some cars moving. atlantic city. we've been looking into atlantic counties, specifically, something like five feet of water on some of these roads and, folks, it will get worse. right now we know of at least 116,000 homes without power. those numbers will obviously change. but i just want to hit home this point, that everythin
keep in mind, eight days from the presidential election, one-fifth, one-fifth of the united states is bracing for this gargantuan storm hitting here, all up and down. it will be hitting all up and down the east coast. take a look here as we have pictures all up and down the east coast. we'll be looking with you. first of all, obviously, you're looking at this. this is from space. this is sandy there swirling. these are images thanks to nasa. a little earlier in the day where you can see it is...
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. >>> to the presidential election now. president obama and mitt romney caught in the middle of the storm. both men have a tough balancing act, between the campaign and responding to the disaster. dana bash joining us d.c. the president, being president, in the white house, in the situation room, talking with governors and that's the power of being the incumbent. mitt romney's trying to stay relevant, holding events with relief groups in ohio. does it help, look like he's trying to be political? can he do anything at this point? >> well, let's start with the president. he's trying to look presidential. it's easy when he has that title. he canceled tomorrow's campaign events as well as today's. but he does have the benefit of incumbency. he's using that benefit, big time. the white house released new photos of him getting a briefing inside the white house situation room. getting much imagery of obama in command. that's helpful when he can't be campaigning in battleground states. but let's be honest, suzanne. without the pres
. >>> to the presidential election now. president obama and mitt romney caught in the middle of the storm. both men have a tough balancing act, between the campaign and responding to the disaster. dana bash joining us d.c. the president, being president, in the white house, in the situation room, talking with governors and that's the power of being the incumbent. mitt romney's trying to stay relevant, holding events with relief groups in ohio. does it help, look like he's trying to be...
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so pepco is well aware of the election cycle. hundreds of thousands of people want to place their vote. we have to make sure those polling places will be available. but also with us, we're looking at priorities as far as hospitals, nursing homes, water treatment facilities, with the derecho that went through, we had to work with our sister utilities to make sure that water filtration was trabl in montgomery county. we have a list of priorities. but we understand this is an election year. >> and just the last question for you. you mentioned the derecho, some people were without power for weeks. and they weren't very happy with the utility companies at all. are you better prepared for this storm? >> we're better prepared because we started the communication process. we told our customers several days ago, all of our customers, that sandy was coming, to expect an extended period of outages, to get an emergency preparation kit. we've been telling them throughout the weekend, this may be a hurricane but it's going to be very cold, ver
so pepco is well aware of the election cycle. hundreds of thousands of people want to place their vote. we have to make sure those polling places will be available. but also with us, we're looking at priorities as far as hospitals, nursing homes, water treatment facilities, with the derecho that went through, we had to work with our sister utilities to make sure that water filtration was trabl in montgomery county. we have a list of priorities. but we understand this is an election year....
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but it is hard to believe, when you think about it, today, one week away from the election, and the election is not dominating the news by any means. it is barely being mentioned, almost an after thought because there is this search and rescue operation, the floods, the continuing disaster as it unfolds. that's obviously the big story, who would have thought, talk about an october surprise. i think sandy has turned out to be a major october surprise. and we don't know what the ultimate ramifications politically will be from what has happened, it is anyone's guess at this point. >> and certainly not on the minds of all those who have been affected by the storm, the aspect of it. we'll check in with you, wolf will take over shortly. when we come back, we have breaking news from con ed when power will be restored. 8 million people across a number of states without power right now. more details ahead. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people
but it is hard to believe, when you think about it, today, one week away from the election, and the election is not dominating the news by any means. it is barely being mentioned, almost an after thought because there is this search and rescue operation, the floods, the continuing disaster as it unfolds. that's obviously the big story, who would have thought, talk about an october surprise. i think sandy has turned out to be a major october surprise. and we don't know what the ultimate...
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say, yes, i want to tour these damaged areas, but, you know, he's open to criticism now because the election is not so far away. >> reporter: that's right, and, you know, in addition to that, he has to also balance whether or not he's going to go and tour the impacted areas, but also when he will go back out on the campaign trail. i did talk to a campaign official who said that is still fluid. the hope was that the president would head back out on the campaign trail tomorrow. as you know, he's already suspended trips both for today and yesterday, two critical days leading up to the election day that the president has not been out there on the campaign trail. those outstanding questions and it's still too fluid for officials to say with any certain degree of certainty that the president will be heading back out there real soon. >> dan lothian reporting live from the white house this morning. for more information about how you can help those affected by sandy, and i know many of you do, check out cnn.com/impact. i'll be right back. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaah
say, yes, i want to tour these damaged areas, but, you know, he's open to criticism now because the election is not so far away. >> reporter: that's right, and, you know, in addition to that, he has to also balance whether or not he's going to go and tour the impacted areas, but also when he will go back out on the campaign trail. i did talk to a campaign official who said that is still fluid. the hope was that the president would head back out on the campaign trail tomorrow. as you know,...